How does one count in Elvish?
In Quenya, 1-12: minë atta neldë canta lempë enquë otso tolto nertë cainen minquë rasta. (ls) From a post to Elfling by Helge Fauskanger: Yes, surely this is the basic system. But since the Elves wrote numbers “backwards” (61 for sixteen), I guess they would also pronounce the elements in the same order, “six (and) ten”, or in the duodecimal system “four (and) twelve”. So I would count: minë (ar) rasta 13, atta rasta 14, neldë rasta 15, canta rasta 16, lempë rasta 17, enquë rasta 18, otso rasta 19, tolto rasta 20, nertë rasta 21, cainen rasta 22, minquë rasta 23, attarasta 24, minë attarasta 25, atta attarasta 26, neldë attarasta 27 … minquë attarasta 35 And so on with nelderasta (or nellasta for *nelrasta) 36, cantarasta (or carrasta for canrasta) 48, lemperasta 60, enquerasta 72, otsorasta 84, toltorasta 96, nerterasta 108, cainerrasta (for *cainenrasta) 120, minquerasta 132. This takes us to minquë minquerasta = eleven (and) eleven times twelve, sc. 143. Thereafter, at least accordi
